Browsing Faculty of Arts and Education by Subject "impoliteness"
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Impoliteness and gender in computer-mediated communication: a study of insults on Tumblr
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HF-IKS/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-05)This thesis is a comparative study of impoliteness techniques employed by different genders in computer-mediated communication (CMC) in the context of the microblogging website Tumblr. It uses a modified version of Culpeper’s ... -
“whore and little nasty sluten pispott whore”. A study in the use of swearwords in English courtrooms from 1500-1913
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HF-IKS/2020;, Master thesis, 2020-05)Swearwords are words in all its respective meaning; they convey meaning and are made of sounds found in the English language. However, more than any other group of words they have the power to hurt, offend, and are by some ...